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"This appears to be a situation where the animal was slaughtered for food," Animal Care and Control Capt. Dave Walesky said. "There is a market value for this stuff, an underground black market value for horse meat."

Back in June, Animal Care and Control officials found pieces of a dead horse stuffed inside a plastic bag floating in a Loxahatchee canal near 180th Avenue and 32nd Street.

Investigators said that slaughtering a horse for meat is a third-degree felony in Florida.